Preferred Label : coordination number;
IUPAC definition : in an inorganic coordination entity, the number of s-bonds between ligands and the
central atom. p-bonds are not considered in determining the coordination number.; the coordination number of a specified atom in a chemical species is the number of
other atoms directly linked to that specified atom. for example, the coordination
number of carbon in methane is four, and it is five in protonated methane, ch51. (the
term is used in a different sense in the crystallographic description of ionic crystals.);
Origin ID : C01331;
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in an inorganic coordination entity, the number of s-bonds between ligands and the
central atom. p-bonds are not considered in determining the coordination number.
the coordination number of a specified atom in a chemical species is the number of
other atoms directly linked to that specified atom. for example, the coordination
number of carbon in methane is four, and it is five in protonated methane, ch51. (the
term is used in a different sense in the crystallographic description of ionic crystals.)
